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Recorded Webinar with Helen Leary
February 7, 2020 @ 12:00 am – February 9, 2020 @ 11:59 pm EST
The North Carolina Genealogical Society is delighted to present:
Helen F. M. Leary, CG (Emeritus), FASG, FNGS
“Missing Mothers and How to Find Them: Antebellum North Carolina Property Laws and Their Effect on our Research”
This recorded Webinar will be freely available to the public from from midnight Thursday night through midnight Sunday night (EST), 7-9 Feb, 2020. (This webinar was originally recorded in April 2013.)
The handout for this presentation is only available to logged-in members, and is accessible on the main Webinars page. (On the top menu, under Education & Events, select Webinars to go to the main webinars page. The box at the top right of that page has a link to “Member Webinar Handouts”, which is arranged in alphabetical order.) This webinar is always available to members in the Member Webinars area of the website. Each members’ webinar page also has a direct link to the handout.
About the Webinar:
Helen Leary’s series of webinars provide a solid background on the history of North Carolina and the available records. This webinar is designed to help those who are trying to locate female ancestors in North Carolina.
We recognize, in the abstract, that half our ancestors were female. Property law may have masked their identities, but, if we understand those laws, we can direct our research to the records and analyses that help us unmask them.
About the Speaker:
Helen F. M. Leary is known to many for editing North Carolina Research and writing many of its chapters. Her knowledge of North Carolina records, laws, land, and repositories, plus her many years as an active, respected researcher, have made this book a source for Southern genealogy research techniques.
Helen came to national fame through her research resulting in the probable determination that Thomas Jefferson fathered children by his slave, Sally Hemings. The National Genealogical Society (NGS) has created videos in which Helen provides insight into her research techniques.
Additionally, throughout her career, Helen has served in many capacities in the BCG, NGS, Samford University Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR), and has contributed largely to the success of the North Carolina Genealogical Society.
Helen has received many awards throughout her years of genealogical work. She is one of a small group honored with the title of CG Emeritus. Helen has lectured extensively, always entertaining her audience with humor while driving her points home. Humor aside, Helen lectures for the serious genealogist by presenting methods of approach to solve the most difficult problem.
This webinar is always accessible on the website to NCGS members as a member benefit.